Stories for September 20th 2016

Tuesday, September 20th 2016 - 13:01 UTC
Argentine makes compulsory Load Control Certificates for squid and shrimp

Argentina announced it has expanded the implementation of compulsory origin and legality certification for squid (Illex argentinus) and shrimp (Pleoticus muelleri) catches.
Tuesday, September 20th 2016 - 12:54 UTC
General Electric pledges US$ 10bn in Argentina over the next decade

U.S. industrial conglomerate General Electric will invest US$10 billion in Argentina over the next decade, vice chairman John Rice said on Monday, the latest foreign company to announce new plans since President Mauricio Macri took office.
Tuesday, September 20th 2016 - 11:14 UTC
Temer's message to UN: peace, human rights and economic reforms

Twenty days after being confirmed as Brazil’s new president, Michel Temer will deliver his first international speech at the UN´s General Assembly on Tuesday. He is not expected to mention recent political changes in Brazil, and focus rather on new opportunities for foreign investors.
Tuesday, September 20th 2016 - 11:03 UTC
IMF rebuilding relations with Argentina

An IMF mission started on Monday a round of meetings with the purpose of rebuilding relations with Argentina, frozen for over a decade. The mission headed by economist Roberto Cardarelli began early Monday visiting the Argentine Industrial Union, UIA, the country's manufacturers main lobby.
Tuesday, September 20th 2016 - 09:53 UTC
Brazil and Uruguay agree on a Mercosur with “a greater open integration”

President Tabare Vazquez confirmed on Monday that Uruguay will continue as “coordinator” of discussions between Mercosur and the European Union to reach a wide ranging trade agreement.
Tuesday, September 20th 2016 - 09:41 UTC
From New York Malcorra fights back critics of the Joint Statement: “it's not an agreement”

No peace for Argentine foreign minister. From New York Susana Malcorra had to counter the growing criticism regarding last week's Argentina/UK joint cooperation statement, which is emerging from Buenos Aires.
Tuesday, September 20th 2016 - 09:21 UTC
Congress expects to summon Malcorra on the Argentine/UK joint statement

The recent Argentina/UK joint statement on cooperation on an ample range of fields with a special chapter on the South Atlantic has triggered strong reactions in Argentina's political establishment and will most probably summon foreign minister Susana Malcorra to Congress to explain the extent of the document announced last 13 September.
Tuesday, September 20th 2016 - 08:59 UTC
Argentina/UK joint statement is committed “to create value in the South Atlantic”, which is far larger than Falklands

Senate provisional president Federico Pinedo pointed out on Monday that Argentina did not sign any agreement or treaty with Britain referred to the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, but rather “a statement” for the “joint creation of value” in the South Atlantic in “all kinds of activities”.
Tuesday, September 20th 2016 - 04:55 UTC
British MPs in Uruguay for the EuroLat American Assembly plenary session

A delegation of British MPs are visiting Uruguay to attend the ninth plenary session of the Euro-Lat American Assembly which is taking place this week at the country´s Parliament house. The group includes Nigel Evans, Mark Menzies and Graham Stuart from the ruling Conservative party and Lindsay Hoyle and Lord Howarth of Newport from opposition Labour.